Undergarment.



A. E. LINNEROS.

UNDERGAHMENT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1911.

lntented Apr. 23, 1918.

amawlw 0 7 ammw ALFRED 1E. LINNEROS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

E ERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. jldtd.

Application filed June 29, 1917. Serial No. 1773M.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, ALFRED E. Lmnnnos, a subject of the Kingof Sweden, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Undergarments, of which the following is a, specification.-

This invention relates to mens undergarments, and its object is to provide a novel and improved connection between the shirt and drawers portions of the garment, whereby the latter is given a shoulder suspension. I

Another object of the invention is to provide the garment with a scrotal suspensory bag which is a part of the drawers, and also to provide the latter with an apron or shield.

The objects stated are attained by means of a.novel' combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter descr bed and claimed, and in order that the same may be better. understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing, 1

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the garment, with parts broken away, and Fig. 2 is a sectional detail of the suspensory hag.

Referring specifically to the drawing the garment is composed of a shirt 5 and drawers 6, the former buttoning up in front similar to an ordinary undershirt. The drawers also button up in front and they are detachably connected to the shirt, the latter carrying shoulder straps 7 in front and at the rear, which extend down tothe waist line and have button holes 8 for connection with buttons 9 on the waist portion of the drawers. Any other detachable fastening devices may be provided for. attaching the drawers to the shirt. The straps 7 extend across the shoulders of the shirt and a shoulder suspension for the drawers is therefore produced. The strap ends are provided with.

a plurality of button holes 8 so that the necessary adjustment may be made. By providing the hereinbefore described connection between the shirt and the drawers, the latter. are efiectually prevented from dropping down or sagging, and the garment becomes practically a one-piece garment or union suit.

At the crotch of the drawers 6 is a padded opening 10, and beneath the latter is a scrotal suspensory bag 11. These parts are produced by making an opening in the crotch and sewing or otherwise mounting over the opening a piece 12 of flannel or other softmaterial in which the opening 10 is made, and also an opening beneath which the bag v11 is secured. As the drawers are shoulder-suspended, no straps or other attaching or retaining-devices are necessary for the suspensory bag.

In order to shield the parts for whichthe opening 10 and the bag 11 are designed, the front of the drawers 6 is provided-with an apron 13 shown partly broken away in Fig; 1. This apron is attached to the waist portion of the drawers, and it depends therefrom to come between the parts 10 and 11 and the outer shirt. and trousers of the wearer. As the apron is secured to the drawers it is not subject to upward displacement or wrinkling.

I claim -1. An undergarment having a crotch opening, a suspensory bag attached to the garment adjacent to said opening, and an apron attached to the front portion of the garment and extending down over the crotch opening and the suspensory bag.

2. An undergarment comprising separate shirt and drawers sections, shoul er straps carried by the shirt section, a detchable connection between said straps and the drawers section, the drawers section having a crotch opening, a suspensory bag attached to the drawers adjacent to said opening, and an apron attached to the front portion of the drawers section and extending down over the crotch opening and the suspensory bag.

- In testimony whereof T affix my slature. 

